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Welcome to Linda's and Garr's China pictures. |
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| The bridge in Langde Village of the Miao (pronounced like "meow" without the "w" sound) ethnic minority people. |
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| Men carrying a pig, dead I presume, at Langde. |
| Note the working water wheel for irregating the crops around this Miao village. |
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| At Langde, another good shot of a water buffalo. |
| Fireworks being set off indicates the beginning of the festivities. It is a signal to proceed up the hill to the village proper. |
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| We were welcomed with rice wine numerous times along the path leading up to the houses of the village. A guest is expected to touch his/her lips to the wine at least, but encouraged to drink. The wine was in bowls or, occasionally, in horns. We were warned not to touch the container with our hands. That is taken as a sign that you wish to drink all the wine in the container. That could be quite a bit, particularly if the mistake were repeated or if one touched one of the horns. |
| Flute players in the background. (L to R) wine welcoming station, our local guide, Ramona, another wine station, and Betty climbing stairs at right. |
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| Stan and the rice wine at Langde. |
| Jay and the rice wine at Langde. |
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| Entering Langde. |
| Entering Langde. |
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| Dorothea and the rice wine at Langde. |
| More welcoming wine... |
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| ...and still more. |
| Welcoming flute players stand in a line and play a greeting. The flues, made of bamboo, are called lusheng. |
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| ...and more rice wine. |
| Close up, playing the lusheng. |
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| A Miao lady at Langde. |
| Another view of the Langde lusheng players. |
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| (L to R) Miao lady, Garr, and Stan climb the walk to the Langde plaza. |
| Miao man and child along the path. |
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| Two Miao ladies at Langde. |
| Side of the plaza in Langde. This is where they had a drum once the performance was underway. We took a picture of the drum a little later. |
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